Mr Jamie Mann

Our ref: 42848

Dear Mr Mann

Acknowledgement of Request

Subject: Empty (Unoccupied) Homes

Thank you for your request for information of 26/05/2023 which was received on 26/05/2023.

In your request you asked for the following;

Please tell me the number of empty (unoccupied) homes recorded in your council area on each of the following dates:

05 April 2019
05 April 2020
05 April 2021
05 April 2022
05 April 2023

I can confirm that your request will be processed under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Environmental Information Regulations (Scotland) 2004, or the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009.

You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless the Council does not hold the information, or there is a reason for it to be withheld. We will write to you in any event. This means we have until 26/06/2023 to respond to your request.

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Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Unit
Level 2:1, Waverley Court, Edinburgh EH8 8BG Tel 0131 200 2340
[Edinburgh City Council request email] www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Afternoon Mr Mann

Regarding your new request below, which has been logged as a request under
FOISA, I had already responded to this in response to your follow-up query
to request 42227 – See attached.

As we are unable to extract historic data from specific dates in the past,
are you happy to cancel this request or do you require a formal refusal
notice under the Act?

On receipt of your reply, we will either close the request or respond to
your request within 20 working days. Please note that the statutory 20
working day deadline for responding to your request does not start until
we receive the requested clarification from you.

If we do not hear from you within 40 working days, we will assume that you
are no longer seeking the information you have requested and we will take
no further action.

Kind regards,

Iain.

Iain Burden | Information Rights Officer | Information Governance Unit |
Corporate Services Directorate | Chief Executive | The City of Edinburgh
Council | Business Centre 2:1 | Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street,
Edinburgh, EH8 8BG | 0131 200 2340 |
[1][email address] | [2]www.edinburgh.gov.uk

I am available Monday to Thursday

From: The Ferret Media Ltd <[3][FOI #984721 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 11:15 AM
To: Information Rights <[4][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Empty Homes Numbers

Dear City of Edinburgh Council,

Please tell me the number of empty (unoccupied) homes recored in your council area on each of the following dates:

05 April 2019

05 April 2020

05 April 2021

05 April 2022

05 April 2023

Thanks,

Jamie Mann

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